When they graspedבְּתָפְשָׂםyouבְּךָby the hand,בַכַּףyou brokeתֵּרוֹץand toreוּבָקַעְתָּallכָּלtheir shoulders;לָהֶם כָּתֵףand when they leanedוּבְהִשָּׁעֲנָםon you,עָלֶיךָyou were broken,תִּשָּׁבֵרand you madeוְהַעֲמַדְתָּallכָּלtheir loinsלָהֶם מָתְנָיִםstagger.הַעֲמַדְתָּ
Ezekiel 29:7
Study it in the app“When they grasped you by the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you were broken, and you made all their loins stagger.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 29:7, word by word
- When they graspedתָפְשָׂtafsa
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “tafsa” appears- by the handכַּףkaf
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kaf” appears- you brokeתֵּרוֹץterots
crush
To shatter, oppress: "the damaged reed".
Where else “terots” appears- and toreבָקַעְתָּvakata
rip open
To rip a body or a thing violently to pieces.
Where else “vakata” appears- their shouldersכָּתֵףkatef
shoulder
The part of the body between neck and arm, where loads are carried.
Where else “katef” appears- and when they leanedהִשָּׁעֲנָhishaana
rely
To trust in YHWH, or in supports that fail.
Where else “hishaana” appears- you were brokenתִּשָּׁבֵרtishaver
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “tishaver” appears- and you madeהַעֲמַדְתָּhaamadta
make shake
To shake, make waver.
Where else “haamadta” appears- their loinsמָתְנָיִםmatnayim
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matnayim” appears
The context
6And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am YHWH, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 · This verse (above)
8Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am bringing against you a sword, and I will cut off from you human being and livestock.